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John Newton: How sweet the...

John Newton: How sweet the...

How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
In a believer's ear!
It soothese his sorrows,
heals his wounds,
And...

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Joseph Roux: There is a...

Joseph Roux: There is a...

There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them.

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Gaston Bachelard: The great function...

Gaston Bachelard: The great function...

The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Friend may...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Friend may...

A Friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of Nature.

Source: Essays,...

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John Bunyan: One leak will...

John Bunyan: One leak will...

One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner.

Source: In The...

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Carter Heyward: Love is a...

Carter Heyward: Love is a...

Love is a choice -- not simply, or necessarily, a rational choice, but rather a willingness to be present to others...

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Georges Bernanos: The most dangerous...

Georges Bernanos: The most dangerous...

The most dangerous of our calculations are those we call illusions.

Source: In The...

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Frederic Raphael: The great networks...

Frederic Raphael: The great networks...

The great networks are there to prove that ideas can be canned like spaghetti. If everything ends up by tasting like...

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Joseph Hall: It is of...

Joseph Hall: It is of...

It is of no small commendation to manage a little well. To live well in abundance is the praise of the estate, not of...

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Joseph Hall: He is great...

Joseph Hall: He is great...

He is great enough that is his own master.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Hosea Ballou: Theories are always...

Hosea Ballou: Theories are always...

Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.

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Robert South: Action is the...

Robert South: Action is the...

Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: Every human life...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: Every human life...

Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery, for man is the riddle of the universe, and the riddle of man in his...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: Picture yourself vividly...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: Picture yourself vividly...

Picture yourself vividly as winning, and the alone will contribute immeasurably to...

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Francoise Sagan: Life has confirmed...

Francoise Sagan: Life has confirmed...

Life has confirmed for me the thoughts and impressions I had when I was 18, as if it was all...

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Mario Puzo: A lawyer with...

Mario Puzo: A lawyer with...

A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.

Source:...

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Naomi Mitchison: After you've written...

Naomi Mitchison: After you've written...

After you've written about something once, though, it's very dangerous to try and do it again. The original story was...

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Rumer Godden: The stitch of...

Rumer Godden: The stitch of...

The stitch of a book is its words.

Source: In Book-of-the-Month Club News, Sep...

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Emily Bronte: A person who...

Emily Bronte: A person who...

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half...

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Claudius: To do nothing...

Claudius: To do nothing...

To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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